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Staff Recommendations

Books

Lush with Southern atmosphere, All the Little Hopes by Leah Weiss is a story of two girls coming of age as WWIl creeps closer, blurring the difference between what's right, what's wrong and what we know to be true

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris is the dramatic work life between two women at a New York City publishing house.

Anthony Doer makes a much anticipated return to fiction with Cloud Cuckoo Land, the time-bending journey of four dreamers whose lives become gloriously intertwined.

Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan is a curious "anti-romance" for readers of Sally Rooney that unapologetically presents the "female gaze."


Movies

Starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman, The Father presents a devastatingly empathetic portrayal of a father's struggles with his dementia and a daughter's struggles with a father who refuses her help. Rated PG-13.

12 Mighty Orphans is an underdog success story about a football team of orphans during the Great Depression. Rated PG-13.

Together Together navigates the unpredictable relationship between a man in his 40s who wants a child, and the woman who agrees to be his gestational surrogate. Rated R.

Finally, don't miss the Academy Award winning film Nomadland, a poignant story full of wanderlust and grief that follows a widow's humble travels across the western U.S. Rated R.


Music

Check out Reincarnation by Warren Wolf, with uplifting jazz vibraphone and vocal songs

It Looked Good on Paper by Steve Goodman is a collection of 20 folk songs that were previously unused tracks that present an unparalleled look into Steve Goodman' two-decade career as a songwriter.

American Head by The Flaming Lips is a strange mélange of psychedelic melodies seasoned with nostalgia.

McCartney III Imagined takes the songs of McCartney III and gives them a new direction via remixes and guest appearances by fellow artists and friends of Sir Paul McCartney.